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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66722,"section_number":"46.2-640","catch_line":"Priority of security interests shown on certificates of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-640\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78910,"section_number":"8.9A-406","catch_line":"Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes ineffective","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-406\/"},{"id":75200,"section_number":"8.9A-409","catch_line":"Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-409\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61383,"identifier":"8.9A-401","token":"8.9A\/4\/8.9A-401","url":"\/8.9A-401\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-401\/","token":"8.9A\/4\/8.9A-401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alienability of debtor’s rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Other law<\/span> governs alienability; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and §§ 8.9A-406<\/a> through 8.9A-409<\/a>, whether a debtor’s rights in collateral<\/span> may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred is governed by law<\/span> other than this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Agreement does not prevent transfer. An agreement between the debtor and secured party<\/span> which prohibits a transfer of the debtor’s rights in collateral<\/span> or makes the transfer a default<\/span> does not prevent the transfer from taking effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALIENABILITY OF DEBTOR’S RIGHTS (\u00a7 8.9A-401)\n\na. Other law governs alienability; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (b) and §§ 8.9A-406 through 8.9A-409, whether a\ndebtor’s rights in collateral may be voluntarily or involuntarily\ntransferred is governed by law other than this title.\n\nb. Agreement does not prevent transfer. An agreement between the debtor and\nsecured party which prohibits a transfer of the debtor’s rights in\ncollateral or makes the transfer a default does not prevent the transfer from\ntaking effect.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-311; 2000, c. 1007.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}